Stories tagged “poverty”

The chime rang throughout the room as he flipped the coin again. His last dollar. It landed on heads and he grinned: “Heh, Lady Luck don’t fail me now.” Giving the coin a kiss, he set it down on his mouse pad, in front of the last cup...

Color seeped from the pitch black sky, as the frail figure on the path tightened her grip on her plastic bags.
A wind whispered behind, brushing trees. Nothing but darkness now. Her breath stuck in her chest.
The old lady stopped.
Back in the slums, sh...